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Step 7: Evaluation / Review

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Q1: Is information about evaluation and review accessible to the person and to carers, and who will be responsible for sharing this?
- UPDATED/NEW: The Scottish Consortium for Learning Disabilities can help to make information accessible to people with learning disabilities. They can put information into an easier format for people to understand. They also run a practical course about making spoken and written communication accessible. The course is called How to Say it Simply!
Q2: Are all services doing what they should be doing, as specified in the commissioning contract/service agreement ? Who is monitoring performance?
- UPDATED/NEW: Information on a system of service monitoring and evaluation for people with learning disabilities: Primary Care Service Framework: Management of Health for People with Learning Disabilities in Primary Care
- UPDATED/NEW: Scottish Government (2006) Review of Public Procurement in Scotland: Report and Recommendations by John F. McClelland CBE. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
- UPDATED/NEW: Scottish Government (2006) Public Procurement, Scotland. The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Q3: Are there measurable outcomes and improvements in this person’s life, using Quality of Life Indicators agreed by all of the agencies involved in the commissioning?
- Norah Fry Research Centre [PDF]
- Joint inspection of services for people with learning disabilities in Scotland
- Quality Indicators for People with Learning Disabilities. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. (2004)
- UPDATED/NEW: Centred Planning for People with Intellectual Disabilities in England: A Summary of Findings.(2007) Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University.
  Summary: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ihr/research/learning/download/TheImpactOfPCP-aSummaryOfFindings.pdf
  Full Report: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/ihr/publications/ericemerson/the_impact_of_person_centred_planning_final_report.pdf
- UPDATED/NEW: Faulkner, M.S. (1999) Quality of Life for Persons With Developmental Disabilities Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, Volume 13, Number 3, 239-252(14)
Q4: How are the health and well being of this person being monitored? Is there evidence of choice and control? Economic well being?
- UPDATED/NEW Mansell, J.L. (2007), Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour or Mental Health Needs [PDF]: Report of a Project Group, HMSO, London.
- UPDATED/NEW: The Need for Social Work Intervention: A Discussion Paper for The Scottish 21st Century Social Work Review (2005)
- UPDATED/NEW: The Scottish Government's Disability Equality Scheme 2008-2011
Q5: **Review** For the person: How will the changing needs of the person be identified in evaluation and review, and how who will be responsible for future planning? For the commissioners: What were the main challenges to commissioning this service for this person? What are the business implications for the changes in staff hours/services provided?
- UPDATED/NEW: Health Scotland Delivery Plan 2007 [PDF] – 2008. NHS Health Scotland
- UPDATED/NEW: Report of The Forensic Nursing Workforce Project Group [PDF] (2005) NHS Scotland
Q6: Are there plans for a multidisciplinary review? e.g. Is the Care Programme Approach appropriate? Is a Community Treatment Order appropriate?
- UPDATED/NEW: Powerpoint presentation by Dr Keith Bowden
- Protection and Legislation: Research & Vulnerability